Improvement in cotton-bale ties



ILPETERS, FROTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C4 PATENT OFFICE.

J'AMES BOOTH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT iN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,675, dated May 15, 1866.

To all whom lt may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BOOTH, ot' the city and county of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereot', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspectivel view ot' my im# proved cotton-bale tie, the ends of the hoop being attached to it. Fig. 2 is an outside View A of the same, the one end of the hoop being detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line .fr x, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an under-side view ot' the end of the hoop to which the tie is permanently attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved cotton bale tie by means ot' which the ends ot' the hoop may be easily secured to each other, and which will be strong enough to stand an immense strain; and it consists of a cottolrbale tie constructed and combined with the ends of the hoop as hereinafter decribed-that is to say, in such a way that the strain uponthe hoops may be distributed between the three points ot' support, enabling the hoop to sustain an immense strain.

A is the tie, which is cast ot' malleable iron in the form shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4, having three hooks, a', a2, and a3, cast upon it-two, a2 and a3, upon the side edges, and one, a', upon the central frontedge--the pointsot the edge hooks pointing in one direction and the point of the central hook pointing in the opposite direction. This tie A is also east with a projection upon the body of the tie, by which it may be riveted to theend B ot' the hoop. The end B of the hoop is prepared for the attachment of the tie by forming two square notches in its Vedges of such a size as to receive the hooks @Zand a3 and a central slot for the reception ot the hook a. This slot is of such a size that the hook a can only be passed through it by first entering the end ot' the said hook a and then turning the body of the tie down to its place, the hooks a2 and a3 passing through the Vnotches formed in the edges ot' the hoop, and the projection formed upon the body ofthe tie passing through a hole made in the said hoop for its reception. The said projection is then riveted down upon the hoop, as shown in Fig. 2, securing the said tie A trmly to the end B ot' the hoop. The end G of the hoop is also prepared with two notches in its edges corresponding with the two edge hooks, a2 and a3, ot the tie A. It also has a slot in the central part, as shown in Fig. 2, for the reception ofthe end hook, a. This slot is ot'` a size that the hook a can only enter it by having its point passed through tirst, after which the end notches are passed down over the hooks a2 and a3. The strain of the bale upon the hoop then draws the sides or shoulders of the side notched against the shanks ot' the hooks c2 and a3 and the end ot' the slot against the rear ot' the hook a', the hooks, slots, and notches heilig so arranged that the strain upon the hoop shall be equally distributed between the three points ot' support, which construction gives to the tie the power of resisting animmeuse strain.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved cotton-bale tie, A, constructed with three hooks, a a2 a3, and combined with the ends B and C ot' the hoop, substantially in the manner described, and tor the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me.

JAMES BOOTH.

Witnesses:

D. P. RICHARDSON,

RALPH W. MILLS. 

